Sheldon Whitehouse: “I wrote an excess profits clawback bill because the fossil…”

“And I will tell you that there was considerable outrage when fossil fuel prices soared in the past. And in fact, I wrote an excess profits clawback bill because the fossil fuel industry took the biggest profits in world history, taking advantage of the Ukraine war to raise profit prices on American consumers, even for a dollar of gas that never went anywhere near Ukraine. Listen, your Democratic policies fail, But Sen. Mr. Chairman, I don't know the last time you put some diesel in your truck or your tractor, but go talk to the farmers back at home that are just trying to mill back there.” (07:19–07:38)

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